Girls: How important is a wedding to you ?

Being married to my husband is important. But the wedding was not. I didn't want to waste money on what is actually just a big party. We opted for a great honeymoon. And got married at the courthouse. Same difference. People still bought us gifts after the fact! It was great.

a wedding isn't that important to me. i see all these shows where people spend so much money and then they come back from the honeymoon and the bills start rolling in on top of regular life bills. you could have bought a house or a car, could have started a fun for your child's education. the wedding is only a party it's not the marriage. i'd rather have my immediate family and a few friends come over for a brunch or lunch, we say the vows, we eat a good meal and go home. the next day i'd like to take all that money i save and start house hunting.

people never have their life goals set in the right order.

It's pretty special. If you're getting married for the right reasons, your wedding day is something to be taken very seriously. It's the day you will become legally (and religiously) a family unit. It's an important even that going to alter your life. You become a wife that day. You take on the responsiblitiy of being a partner to someone else and to a new set of family (your in-laws)

Therefore, I understand why women want every single aspect of their wedding day to be perfect. It's not just a single event, that ends with a ceremony, it's a whole days worth of celebrating. It's the coming together of friend and family.

It's a full mutli-sensory experience. You have the emotional aspect with the ceremony. Then, you have the sights, sounds and the tastes of the reception. It's an event, it's a memory, an experience! It's not just something you're doing something mundane!, You're getting married; you're experiencing one of the greatest joys in life. You have your new spouse, your family and friends and loved ones.

So, I completely understand why the bride wants it all to be just right! It's going to a memory of a whole day's worth of events and celebrations. The bride wants to remember it all in the future. She wants to remember her awesome dress, the smell of her flowers, the smell of the food, the songs she danced to with her husband and loved ones. She also wants to remember the happiness of her guests and she wants them to remember what a great party her wedding was!

If you love the person you're marrying and take your relationship seriously, you'll take your wedding planning seriously too. It's a celebration of your union and it deserves to be treated very special!

Wasn't a big deal to me. Was a big deal to my hubby.

Very important

Hi

I think religious and social norms condition people to expect that marriage equals commitment so if it's missing then you wonder if they mean business - and that's a logical approach to take in many cases. It settles many people, resolving any lingering doubts they have. In my experience this applies to men as much as women. I had a rather odd upbringing so did not have these expectations and was happy to live together until we had kids. Then we got married.

Thanks
Have a nice time ahead.

If we talk generally then, there is no need of marriage for any one. Every person can live their life happily and alone or with someone whom you love, but don't marry.
But marriage is a sort of promise which two persons do with each other, to live whole life with each other, with love and affection. It binds two people in a relationship, so they think well before, taking any sort of decisions like leaving each other.
If two people will not marry with each other and just spend life together then they are named by girlfriend and boyfriend. Which is not a powerful relationship, this relationship can be split any time.
If someone thinks that, he/she don't need anyone in their life and can spend life alone without marriage then, that person is totally wrong. Because it is the need of our body and mind that, we need someone to fulfill our desire and needs. And without marriage it creates so many problems.

I think that it's special to a lot of women for different reasons, and although some won't admit it I think it can be important to men as well. In the end it comes down to the individual and how they choose to celebrate their day.